Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-16

No such idea was ever for moment enter
tained. The cabinet may be reconstructed,
but the change will effect the position of the
Whether Salisbury, Harrington, Churchill or
Chamberlain is at the head of the govern
ment that the result in this respect will be
the same cannot be too clearly stated
Gladstone's recent attacks on the police
have scared off many who were returning to
his fold and mmeasurably widened the
breach between him and the moderate inde-
pendent men. These menacng crowds in
London do splendid work for the government
without meaning it. Everybody seeing them
asks, "Where should we be but for
the police, whom Gladstone tries
to weaken" Taking up the cudgel
for Lyons, the socialist his great mistake for
months past, the people feel as they would in
America if Cleveland made a speech defend
ing the Chicago anarchists. Gladstone repre-
sentng gentleman named Lyons as vic
tim of brutal coercion has done more harm to
his Irish allies than the attacks of their worst
enemies. You will hear much of this for
weeks to come.
AS one of the decisive incidents in Par
nellite war, threats against Balfour pour in
fight out come what may Even in English
papers covert threats have appeared that
may prove awkward if anything happened to
Balfour. strict record is being kept of
public indictments to assassination. They
cannot help the Irish cause.
The deputation to the president started to-
day AS one of the signers of the memorial
l may say that it represents all shades of
parties and opinions in parliament The idea
inspiring it is that the two nations
ought now to set an example to the
rest of the world in agreeing to decide all
future disputes by arbitration. So much
the worse for the world. If it will not allow
the example of the proposed treaty to emnate
from congress it would then be pressed upon
the British government by parliement. If
the idea seems quixotic to some, pray give us
credit for good intentions.
The French scandal will cause considerable
rafting of skeletons in certain cupboards
here. There is no corruption of which we
can boast, or we hope not, but there is good
deal of jobbery. Government contracts are
too often obtained by all sorts of underhand
influence. The official reports show how dis
honestly they are filed, one contractor being
supplying for years a peculiar paint con-
demned all over the world by the navy, yet
he continues to get the contract 1t can't be
a reward of virtue alone. The government
stores are filled with rubbish bought at ex-
travagant prices and never examined. The
original contract perhaps, was jobbed out
three or four times over. / never
heard of admirals being dismissed
for corruption. The French papers
were probably thinking of poor buying.
General Wolsely often denounced iobbery,
being happily above all reproach himself. No
officer of the government has been accused
or suspected of jobbery for hundred years.
But how about vestres and metropolitan
boards of works. Street opening jobs have
been perpetrated quite as scandalous as ever
took place in New York Architects have
paid large sums for contracts they ought
never to have had Corner lots have been
mysteriously sold long before the public had
a chance Of getting in. Many man has
cause to bless his lucky stars that he had
kind friend in the board Of works. Yet we
are all ready to shake our heads solemnly
over those awful Frenchmen People are
sorry Boulanger is mixed up Without
knowing much about him he was rather pop
ular here. The steady increase in the de-
mand for his portrait is a good test. The
public is inclined to Join in the song that
Boulanger will return.
Bankers as well as brokers are getting
seriously alarmed at one heavy blow after
another in American stocks / know of
more than one eminent house that used to
strongly recommend American railroad
bonds to clients that now discourages all
such investments, and lays the blame upon
the Baltimore & Ohio. 1t has fallen from its
former high estate so far as this country is
concerned In the time of the late Garrett
it stood first in estimation. Now it is difficult
to say. where it stands or whether it stands at
all.
Think what people may of Hughes Halett
there can only be sentiment of admiration
for the noble way in which his wife is stand
ing by him. A tissue of falsehoods having
appeared in one of the contemporaries con-
cerning Halett's designs on his wife's for
tune, she denounced it and fully vindcates her
husband. She also interests herself in his be-
half at Rochester and begs to be allowed to
appear before conservatives, which may, to
some extent, exonerate her husband. She
believes he is almost as much sinncd against
as SHINING Vanity Fair tries to convict
Captain Selwyn of the responsibility for
,
Selwyn must go down with the others. He
would never be forgiven the exposure of his
sister. But Selwyn denies it. l happen to
know that he was particularly retcient when
the story first leaked out. Long before
Stead got ON the scent, Selwyn's position at
best was extremely difficult, his sister never
| having anything much to do with him. In
consequence of IA family quarrel she had al
70 nd
AS at present seen, she still resent his inter-
| ference, and she alone seems to be re
| sponsible for the publication in the Pail
Mall Gazs'tee of the story which ctfectually
| seals her ruin.
A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
PARTISAN PRATTLE.
BOulanger's Fall and the Decoration
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